One Sunday afternoon Sheila came across a badly beaten young girl in a local park Her name was Anna and she was being pursued by and angry drunken man. Sheila took Anna's hand and they ran for their lives.When their paths crossed again, Anna told Sheila about the abuse she had suffered at the hands of Viktor, the man she lived with. Sheila, appalled by Anna's story, helped her escape, but paid the price for interfering.Viktor focused his attention on Sheila wanting revenge. H...

Sandra Thompson takes us inside the lives of women struggling to find their places among lovers, husbands and ex-husbands, mothers, and children in relationships where old rules do not apply and new rules have not yet been set.Thompson’s characters live in a world where dreams often supersede reality and things are not as they seem. Her style is sophisticated and subtle, and we experience her stories almost by osmosis. They stay with us afterwards to question their own realities.

For a dead guy with unfinished business, he was pretty cute.Fiona is a completely ordinary fifteen-year-old from Canberra—at least that's what she'd like you to think. She doesn't want anyone to know her secret. She can see and touch ghosts and it's all thanks to her pesky twin sister, Ella, who happens to be dead.Following the mysterious death of a boy from the local grammar school, Fiona navigates the perilous high school social hierarchy to investigate. With the help of ...

Most people considered David Edwards a typical young Christian. Before his latest encounters with the supernatural, he would have agreed with them. Then his life was changed forever.David has found the love of his life. With a successful career, the blessings of both parents and a strong spiritual upbringing, there was nothing standing in his way of pursuing marriage. So, when he suddenly called off the wedding, everyone including his fiancé was perplexed. He believes she’s perfect...

Love, in some of the infinite ways we may know it, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction series.More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O’Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often groundbreaking short fiction is the common source for this anthology on love—and for planned anthol...

Since the mid-1980s there has been a sharp rise in the number of literary publications by Indigenous Australians and in the readership and impact of those works. One contemporary Aboriginal Australian author who continues to makea contribution to both the Australian and the global canon is Kim Scott (1957-). Scott has won many awards, including Australia's highest, the prestigious Miles Franklin Award, for his novels Benang (in 2000) and That Deadman Dance (in 2011). Scot...

I have been close to my Lord Jesus and my God since age 6. I live in SE TN, USA with my husband of 47 years. We have two grown sons and four grandchildren. I am a retired teacher who writes about everything. But this book came to me by the Holy Spirit in January of 2010. I published it only because it is a book I know God wants many people to have. I never thought to have a book published until this one came along. But it is a book that I cannot lay aside and forget. I know my great God wi...

Travel, and the exhilarating experiences it offers us, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction series.More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O'Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often groundbreaking short fiction is the common source for this anthology on childhood—and for plann...

Everyone could benefit from the miraculous power of God intervening in their lives. Yet most people are clueless as to the powers available to them. This book will walk you through the examples and situations that qualify for miracles in everyday life.Praise and worship are more than just flippant buzzwords; great power can be obtained through the practice of sincere praise and worship.Seven Miracles of Prevailing Praise will examine seven powerful performances of praise. Y...

A charity anthology of dark fiction and poetry exploring the life, death, and regenerative forces of Nature, with all proceeds donated to Defenders of Wildlife. . Ranging in mood from macabre to mystical, these works evoke the sentient lives of animals and plants, their emotions, impulses, conflicts, and interrelationships. Their struggles to survive, often violent, demonstrate the tenacity and resilience of Nature in all its forms.Contributing Authors: Alison Armstrong, Pixie Brun...

El presente volumen reúne artículos de investigadores/as de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) y otras instituciones universitarias, enfocados en el estudio del espacio y la inmersividad en tanto objetos de estudio. Se indagan las posibilidades epistemológicas y ontológicas que ambas nociones abren para pensar las prácticas artísticas contemporáneas. Organizado en tres secciones problematiza el binomio realidad-virtualidad desde diversas perspectivas que incluyen la neurociencia, ...

In this collection of 29 stories, you can visit a smoke-filled bar in a fantasy world, or experience a love affair with artificial intelligence. Maybe you'd prefer to go back in time and relive the experience of going to a baseball game with your dad, or go back even farther to live in a perilous world when medicine was in its infancy. What's it like to experience the soul-crushing loss of a loved one, or to sit in Heaven's waiting room? Would you rather be a clairvoyant in the world of hi...